Meeting Human Needs

One way we're called to love and serve our neighbors

Each Lutheran health and human service organization began when a faithful person responded to this call and invited others along on the journey. Now, we look ahead. The future will be different. We are called to push the future in answer to the call to love and serve our neighbors.

The resources here are intended to help Lutheran organizations and their partners live out that call and imagine communities that are generous, inclusive and just. We encourage you to share resources you have found valuable. Please e-mail us with suggestions.

Consumers in Control (LSA Conference presentation) – Katie Weiss,

Aging

• Highlights of the Emerging Technologies and the Future of Independent Living Expert Panel - HealthTech (PDF, 1mb)
• Health indicators for older adults – a significant study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Merck Company Foundation

Children, Family and Community

• Make the Circle Wider – Building a Culture of Belonging (PDF, 170 KB)
• A wide range of research, reports and resources to support children from the Center for Law and Social Policy
• Ongoing research from the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning on ways young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civil life
• ChildTrends social service research for those who serve children and youth
• The Administration for Children and Families annual Adoption Excellence Awards honor programs and organizations that show outstanding accomplishments in achieving permanency for children waiting in foster care
• The Child Welfare Information Gateway has added a section to its website on management and supervision, which offers resources to help build and maintain an skilled workforce

Health Care

• The Future of Health Care Reform  (LSA Conference presentation)
  
  • AAHSA LTC Solution Moran Report Summary (pdf, 30kb)
  • Framework (pdf, 4.27Mb)
  • Fact Sheet (pdf, 19kb)
  • State Plan HCBS (pdf, 94kb)

• Health Benefit Project Report (pdf, 1.6mb) - In 2004 LSA convened a group to explore the feasibility, viability, and membership advantages to LSA developing a national health plan association made available to LSA members on a voluntary basis. The task force met with brokers, learned about regulatory issues, discussed a variety of specific aspects and conducted a survey. The project has been discontinued.

Housing

• Legally Segregated - Or Can a New Paradigm of Community Bloom? (PDF, 165KB)
• Section 811 Supportive Housing Program (ppt, 75kb)

Pastoral Care

• Pastoral Care and HIPAA

Websites of Interest

Resources and explanation of benefits for older people and those they support from

• AARP
• Association of Homes and Services for the Aging